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Reliable, affordable Mexican on Gallatin Pike. No pretense, no wait on most nights. Locals eat here constantly.

Lunch & dinner · Walk-in; reservations help on busy nights.

Chriss Goyenechea named it after his kids Mae and Max. Full Filipino market and restaurant in Madison. Chicken adobo, sisig, lumpia, palabok, sweet longanisa. All-you-can-eat buffet with live music every Friday and Saturday. A real find on Gallatin Pike.

Lunch & dinner · Walk-in; reservations help on busy nights.

Kava is a root from the Pacific Islands — ground and mixed with water, mildly sedative, earthy, non-alcoholic. Nashville's kava lounge: Victorian aesthetic, 21+, open 8am to 2am every day of the year. Live music Monday and Tuesday, trivia Wednesday, karaoke Thursday.

Daytime through evening · Walk-in unless the bar says otherwise.

Amy found a decaying old beer joint behind a donut bakery and sex toy shop in then-undiscovered Madison and kept the plywood floors. Margo Price and Elizabeth Cook were early regulars. Frozen drinks, Frito pie, 70s country lounge. Fri–Sat till 3am. The best bar in Madison.

Mon–Thu til 1am, Fri–Sat til 3am · Walk-in unless the bar says otherwise.

Newer Gallatin Pike bar. Beer, cocktails, easy.

Open late · Walk-in unless the bar says otherwise.